42+ min ago   (476+ words) Attorney Timothy Robenhymer discusses changes to the memorandum of understanding between the town and Material Sand & Stone. NORTH SMITHFIELD – Two weeks after announcing that mediation had failed and the conflict could be headed back to the courts, members of the…...

42+ min ago   (867+ words) Edward Nawrocki with grandson Michael Mefford. A 30-year member of the department, Edward Nawrocki was chief from 1980-1981. CUMBERLAND – At age 97, former Cumberland Police Chief Edward Nawrocki still loves fishing. Sure, there’s the occasional mishap, like the recent incident where he…...

1+ day, 42+ min ago   (437+ words) Carolyn Mancone speaks before the North Providence Town Council. NORTH PROVIDENCE – An initiative that could ban excessively loud music and other disturbances during the day is back before the Town Council, and this time, board members seem primed to take…...

1+ week, 42+ min ago   (516+ words) Foster town officials received a $450,000 grant last week that will help purchase emergency communication systems throughout the town that will connect with the state emergency network. From left: Town Council President Steven Plouffe, Town Councilor Heidi Rogers, Rep. Seth Magaziner…...

1+ week, 42+ min ago   (861+ words) A camera from Flock Safety. GLOCESTER – Glocester will remove its Flock cameras after hearing residents’ complaints that the police cameras infringe on their Fourth Amendment constitutional right to privacy, with a petition of nearly 400 signatures. The Glocester Town Council heard…...

1+ week, 42+ min ago   (365+ words) NORTH SMITHFIELD – After learning the implications and precautions surrounding Flock cameras, North Smithfield Town Administrator Scott Gibbs said there will be no more installed in town. On Aug. 3, the Town Council took no action to allow or prohibit Flock cameras…...

1+ week, 42+ min ago   (664+ words) A Flock camera in North Providence on the corner of Smith Street and Peckham Avenue. LINCOLN – With only one Flock Safety camera installed, Town Administrator Phil Gould said Lincoln is putting a pause on the program after learning about a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (279+ words) PAWTUCKET – On Thursday, August 6, Rhode Island State Police announced the arrest of Jesse Ake, 40, from Pawtucket, due to numerous weapons charges. According to the official news release, members of the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit recently initiated an…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (204+ words) WOONSOCKET – A Woonsocket man has been charged with domestic murder following a Woonsocket Police investigation into the suspicious death of an expectant mother. According to a Woonsocket Police statement, William Santiago Ramos, 30, from 104 Sayles St., was arrested on Aug. 6 behind…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (184+ words) WOONSOCKET – City police have released the name of the individual who was found dead in the Blackstone River on Thursday, a man who had previously been reported missing by family members. Efrain Espinosa, 28, of Woonsocket, was found floating face down…...